diff --git a/scala_akka_bench/build.sbt b/scala_akka_bench/build.sbt
index 6dd3ecfe..98677a52 100644
--- a/scala_akka_bench/build.sbt
+++ b/scala_akka_bench/build.sbt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-slf4j" % akkaVersion,
   "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-actor-testkit-typed" % akkaVersion % Test,
   "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-stream-testkit" % akkaVersion % Test,
-  "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.2.15" % Test
+  "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.2.16" % Test
 )
 
 // Akka and Google provided proto files seem to differ a bit so we need to choose